{"podcast":{"title":"Amarica's Constitution","slug":"amarica-s-constitution-3511925","podcast_index_feed_id":3511925,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/amaricasconstitution/feed.xml","website_url":"https://akhilamar.com/podcast-2/","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/10689398/AC_1_488KB79mm8.jpg","author":"Akhil Reed Amar","episode_count":287,"summary":"Professor Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University and one of the nation’s leading authorities on the Constitution, offers weekly in-depth discussions on the most urgent and fascinating constitutional issues of our day. He is joined by host Andy Lipka and guests drawn from other top experts including Bob Woodward, Lawrence Lessig, Neal Katyal, Michael Gerhardt, and many more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T04:18:43.201136+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amarica-s-constitution-3511925"},"episode":{"title":"Converse-1983 Is A Thing","slug":"converse-1983-is-a-thing","published_at":"2026-02-12T02:30:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amarica-s-constitution-3511925/converse-1983-is-a-thing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amarica-s-constitution-3511925","url":"https://amaricasconstitution.podbean.com/e/converse-1983-is-a-thing/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/c6a25snhb9pjcpfs/265_Converse_1983_Is_A_Thing.mp3","summary":"It’s becoming apparent that the theory that Professor Amar put forth 40 years ago in a now-famous law review article, Of Sovereignty And Federalism, is being taken seriously by more and more legislatures, newspapers, and the general public. Therefore, we bring the two leading experts on this – Professor Akhil Amar, and his brother Professor Vik Amar - together to go over the background, theory, and intricacies of this important development. It’s a master class that takes you back to an earlier master class we had, on the venerable and crucial case of McCulloch v. Maryland. What does this have to do with converse 1983? You’ll find out. CLE credit is available for lawyers and judges from podcast.njsba.com.","meta_description":"It’s becoming apparent that the theory that Professor Amar put forth 40 years ago in a now-famous law review article, Of Sovereignty And Federalism, is be…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4351,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/amarica-s-constitution-3511925/episodes/converse-1983-is-a-thing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amarica-s-constitution-3511925/converse-1983-is-a-thing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}